# Accident 20120520008779A: Enstrom F-28F, Twin Falls, ID, May 20, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2012, 08:50 local time
- Place: Twin Falls, ID
- Airport: Joslin Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4833° N, 114.4833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4833&lon=-114.4833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63VP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ENSTROM F-28F
- Reported engine: LYCOMING HIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,406 total, 804 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120520008779A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

N63VP REPORTED 10 MILES SOUTH OF KTWF. CONTROL TOWER ISSUED MX AND INSTRUCTED N63VP TO REPORT 1 MILE SOUTH. N63VP REPORTED 1 MILE SOUTH WITH CONTROL PROBLEMS DUE TO LOSS OF ROTOR BEARING. CONTROL TOWER ISSUED LANDING CLEARANCE. N63VP LANDED IN A FIELD ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND IN A LEFT TURN BY EVIDENCE OF THE LEFT LOWER HORIZONTAL FIN CONTACTING THE GROUND FIRST AND THE AIRCRAFT COMMING TO REST FACING A WESTERLY DIRECTION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR12LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA219), May 20, 2012: Enstrom F28 (N63VP), Twin Falls, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain helicopter control during cruise flight due to the failure of the No. 2 main rotor Lamiflex bearing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to operate…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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